World Islamic Congress

Not to be confused with the World Muslim Congress, recipient of the 1987 Niwano Peace Prize.

World Islamic Congress in Mecca began June 7, 1926, in Mecca, in the Congress Centre, at 2 am on the Arab time, in the presence of 57 delegates, 157 invited persons and members of the press. About what the status was given to Congress demonstrates its grand opening, which was addressed by the adviser of the king, who read in the presence of the king lengthy and very serious on the content of the message of the head take-conductive state, and where 21 was produced a volley of artillery shells,ie salute.

 The congress adopted decisions on:

1. On the status and future of the Congress as an organization uniting Muslim world in the first place - in the struggle for independence; 2. Do not discuss the issue at the congress of the caliphate (against expectations of the UK); 3. The sanitary condition of holy sites and measures for their improvement;4. The Congress supported the majority of votes attaching to the Hijaz area Ma'an and Aqaba; 5. On foreign concessions in Hijazi - protected them from capturing the Western powers. On the other hand opened the possibility of any independent Muslim states participate; 6. The issue of religious tolerance in the holy places. 7. For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia - international guarantees for its security (namely - the Hijaz). Congress granted them in its charter approved by all participants;

8.Ob management and operation of the railways (in particular the Hejaz Railway);
9. Create orphanages and public schools in Mecca;
10. Education reform in the Hijaz through the establishment of primary schools in Mecca, Taif, Jeddah and Medina, middle schools, and one school of theology;
11. The exhibition of Mecca Muslim-commercial production of the world;

The World Islamic Congress was convened in Jerusalem in accordance with the charter of the organization of the World Islamic Congress in Mecca in 1926.The World Islamic Congress convened in Jerusalem from the 7 December until 1:30 p.m. on the 17 December 1931. It was attended by 130 delegates from 22 Muslim countries. The Congress called on Muslim states to avoid trade with the Jewish community in Palestine.

The Congress was called at the behest of Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and Maulana Shaukat Ali, leader of the Indian Caliphate Committee. Ostensibly the Congress was called to consider a proposal to establish a University at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a centre of Islamic scholarship, an idea which the leaders of the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo opposed.

Following the election of Husayni as president of the Congress the agenda was arranged as follows:

1. Holy Places and the Buraq wall
2. the University of Al Masjid el Aksa
3. the Hejaz Railway
4. the furtherance of Muslim teaching and culture
5. Publications
6. Constitution of the Muslim Congress
7. Resolutions

The Congress resolved that "Zionism is ipso facto an aggression detrimental to Muslim well-being, and that it is directly or indirectly ousting Moslems from the control of Muslim land and Muslem Holy Places". It was also resolved that the Congress should meet at intervals of two or three years and that resolutions should be enacted by an Executive Committee chaired by Husayni.

See also

• General Islamic Congress

References

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